Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,628 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Old First Baptist Church of Richmond
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First Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia (1780- )
Pat and James Bacote (Hope S. Philbrick)
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James R. Bacote II (1948-2018)
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Lewis Hayden (1811-1889)
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Stanley Crouch (1945-2020)

Explore Global African History

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Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978)
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Clements Kadalie (1896-1951)
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George Weah (1966- )
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(1860) Frederick Douglass, “The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Tears We Cannot Stop: Michael Eric Dyson Explains Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy to Us Today
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A Brief History of the San Diego NAACP, 1917-2007
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The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945
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Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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